Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

What are some mounts (in the fluff) that Eldar and Dark Eldar use that are not covered in their codexes? Is there any example of dragons, horses, giant eagles, or anything else?

I am thinking of making a few Eldar/Dark Eldar conversions (I want mounts and no helmets...those awful, awful helmets...) into something more resembling battle weary techno-elves than their normal depiction. Doable or not?

-STS

make up as as exodiates and have them riding dinosaurs.

https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Exodite

None, what you're looking for is a different faction in the Exodites.

Dark Eldar will mount anything.

BrianDavion wrote:
make up as as exodiates and have them riding dinosaurs.

https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Exodite

there's some interesting stuff in that article, lol. The exodites have dinosaur riders and...then they jump right up to Eldar Knights? As in, Wraithknights?

Also, Tribal Feudalism was settled upon by this hyper-advanced spacefaring race as..the most efficient way to exploit the natural resources of the planets they're on? 1, why is the main concern of this tiny tribal state who has a whole planet to work with "efficiently exploiting natural resources" and 2, why is a system of feudal fealty the most efficient in any way shape or form?

"Ok, space folks, good job recognizing the descent into chaos our hyper-advanced post scarcity society was undergoing. From now on, we shall live where life is not easy! We shall fight for survival! We shall be dedicated to peaceful cooperation, and we shall protect this land we have chosen with nothing but our wits, hardscrabble determination, dinosaurs, and these giant titan warmachines that Sister El'sandra brought along."

*murmurs of 'good job, El'sandra' throughout the crowd*

"So, what is the best way for us to subsist off of the natural resources of this world? Any suggestions?"

"Fracture into tribes!"

"Birthright leadership!"

"Ooh, ooh, social hierarchies will make this easier!"

"Yeah, let's make sure we establish a class of 'Dragon Knights' and give them no responsibilities other than to get into duels with each other!"

"Good, OK, great stuff everybody, I'm taking notes."

Well, if you look at it from a historical point of view, feudalism was never really chosen by anyone, it just sort of happens when there is no major government to keep things in order. For example: in Europe, the fall of the Roman Empire meant that there no longer was anyone maintaining law and protecting the borders from invaders. People who couldn't fight sought the protection of people who could. Over time, society was divided between the peasants who worked the land and the nobility who took care of warfare. People only "chose" to become serfs in the sense that they chose to serve someone rather than get mugged/killed/enslaved by any random band of looters roaming around.

With the exodites moving to a world way more dangerous than anything they'd known before, the warriors could force their way into a higher social status than the others and that's all it takes to get feudalism started.